Competition and Cooperation between Nodes in Delay Tolerant Networks with Two Hop Routing

This paper revisits the two-hop forwarding policy in delay tolerant networks (DTNs) using simple probabilistic arguments. Closed form expressions are derived for the main performance measures. We then study competitive and cooperative operation of DTNs and derive the structure of optimal and of equilibrium policies.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: NETCOOP
• Authors: Eitan Altman
• Keywords: Computer Networks, Delay Tolerant Networks, NETCOOP 2009, Simple Probabilistic Arguments, Two-hop Forwarding Policy